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Chronic Cholecystitis Learning Center

Surgery is the usual treatment. Surgery to remove the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) can be performed as an open or laparoscopic procedure. The open procedure requires a large cut in the upper-right part of the abdomen. Laparoscopic surgery uses in...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 5, 2009
A cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. The two basic types of this procedure are open cholecystectomy and the laparoscopic approach. It is estimated that the laparoscopic procedure is currently used for approximately 80% of ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Open gallbladder removal is surgery to remove the gallbladder.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 15, 2008
A cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. The two basic types of this procedure are open cholecystectomy and the laparoscopic approach. It is estimated that the laparoscopic procedure is currently used for approximately 80% of ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Laparoscopic gallbladder removal is surgery to remove the gallbladder using a medical device called a laparoscope.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 5, 2008
Intravenous rehydration is the process by which sterile water solutions containing small amounts of salt or sugar are injected into the body through a tube attached to a needle which is inserted into a vein.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Sterile water solutions containing small amounts of salt or sugar, are injected into the body through a tube attached to a needle that is inserted into a vein.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Intravenous (IV) rehydration is a treatment for fluid loss in which a sterile water solution containing small amounts of salt or sugar is injected into the patient's bloodstream.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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